Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks
- William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration
- Professor of Management and Organizations
- PhD University of Michigan 1999
- MA University of Michigan 1996
- BA California State University
- Northridge 1994
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Dr. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks is a Behavioral Scientist and the William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology with a minor in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Michigan. Previously, he was on the faculty at the University of Southern California and has had visiting appointments at universities in Singapore, France, Russia, and Turkey.
His research broadly focuses on social dynamics that shape strategic change and the design of human-centric innovations. Through this work, he has generated novel insights about how culture shapes work behavior, how context moderates social intelligence and emotional aperture, and approaches to facilitating mental bricolage that enable individuals to generate novel innovations using disparate knowledge they already possess. His research has been featured in the TED* series, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Public Radio, Harvard Business Review, and other international media outlets.
Professor Sanchez-Burks’ has taught leaders in over 30 countries around the world who work in sectors including technology, financial services, consulting, arts & entertainment, government intelligence, mobility, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Sanchez-Burks serves on the editorial board of Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and is a member of the Association for Psychological Science and the Academy of Management.
Sanchez-Burks was born in San Francisco, raised in Los Angeles, and lives in Ann Arbor.
Dr. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks is a Behavioral Scientist, the William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
His research, courses and executive leadership development center around the human dynamics of designing and driving change; emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness. In this work, he reveals novel insights about how to architect emotional landscapes, bricolage novel solutions and cultivate rewarding collaborations in a complex and globally connected world. He has over 20 years of experience working globally with Fortune 100 company executives.
Sanchez-Burks received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. Previously, he was on the faculty at the University of Southern California and has had visiting appointments at universities in Singapore, France, Turkey and Russia. His research has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, The Harvard Business Review and the TED talk series.
JSB was born in San Francisco, raised in Los Angeles, and lives in Ann Arbor.
